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UNITED srArEs arent osrics.

CARL L. NORDEN, OF BRQOKLYN, NEW YORK.

San STABILIZEE.

Application filed August 23, 1822. Serial No. 583,688.

The main result which I seek to accomplish by ni'ean'sot my invention isthe effective control of the roll of a vessel by the use of a weightshiftable back and forth athwartship under accurately and positivelycontrolled conditions. Attempts which have been made heretofore to useshitting weights to control athwartship motion have not met withcomplete success, primarily due to the comparatively large weight of theshifting mechanism and difiiculties in securing effective control of theshit-table weight.

1 its oncimportant feature of my invention impart to the: activestabilizing weight simple harmonic motion athwartship and of controlledand variable ampl tude in the period of the vessels roll. V V 'lhefollow ng are among other 1mporta'nt features of my invention, all ofwhich are preferablyemployed, but some of which may be. omitted in someembodiments of the I rigidly control the athwartship motions of theactive weight, in the sense that the active'w'eight is at allt-imespositively coupled to the vessel by non-yieldmeans; so that'no movementof the weight positive possible except by the direct'and ction of thecontrolling mechanism. l mount the active stabilizing Weight on asuitable guideway so that it may move atl'iwartship toward either sidefrom the center line to the desired and controlled distance and at thedesired and controlled I emsource of power or power storage elementtorjcont rolling, compelling or causing the "desiredyelomty andamplitude of travel of the stabilizin weight. I couplethe EIClDlVG.

or st bilizing weight to the vessel by gearincluding a rotatable elementWl11Cl1 be operatedtrom the power element.

and pinion, drum and endlessjwire rope,

screw spindle or the like. I couple the ."weight, vessel and powerelement by a vari able speed gearwhich controls the rotation, speed anddirection ofthe aforementioned gear element whereby the gear elementmaybe operated from the power element to start, accelerate, 'decelerate,stop, reverse or look the weight. I Althoughthe fly Wheel or other powerelement and the variable speed gear "speed.

desired speed may be mounted in any suitable position on board ship forcontrolling the movementof the active weight through the control of thegearlelement, I preterabl and as one important feature of the invention,utilize the mass of the fly wheel and variable speed gear by making thembodily movable athwartship, and as a partof the active stabilizingweight. Although the variable speed gear may vary in character indifferent embodiments or" my invention, I preferably, and as animportant feature, employ a variable stroke hydraulic speed gear capabioof gradual changes in speed, rapid acceloration and deceleration, andchanges in direction by means of an appropriate movement of acontrolling member such as a gear or spindle. By use of such variablespeed gear, the direction, extent and speed of movement of the spindledetermines L116 direction, speed, and acceleration or deceleration ofthe active weight athwartship, and the energy required for moving oraccelerating and yielded by decelerat' retarding or stopping the weight,is supplied by or absorbed by the rotor.

. The rotor may be brought to the desired and definite speed by anelectric motor or other prime'moverand its speed may thereafter bemaintained by such motor or it may be given an initial impulse orstarting speed and derive further energy from the eiiect of the roll onthe active weight. In some instances the motor may be omittedaltogether. The rotor may have any suitable means, such as an automaticgovernor, for limiting its In case the primary controlling apparatusincluding the rotor or power element, and the variable speed hydraulicgear, be incorporated as a part of the active weight and thus be movableback and forth alhwartship, I provide as an important feature, meanswhereby the cont-r0]. spindle of the variable speed gear may be operatedat any and to any desired position, whilethe active weight, includingthe variable speed' gear, is traveling athwartship or is in any positionalong the guideway. I provide means for limiting the maximum ingposition. Hill the controlling element for the active weight.

amplitude of movement of the weight automat-ically and graduallybringing it to a stop by means positioned in the path of movement andacting on the harmonic principle'for centralizing the hydraulic gearcontrolling element to neutral position as the weight approaches andreaches its limitceeding the determined maximum mayact directly orindirectly to'a-pply the brake, and

such excessive torque and pressure may act 5 irrespective of whether thepower being transmit-ted moves the active weight or the movemcntormomentum of the weight acts rev ersely to store energy in the fly,wheel. 7

Another form of automatic brake may utilize a separate controllingweight or mass,

mounted substantially stationary on theve's sel and subjecttoacceleration.pressure due to and proportional to the braking forceexerted upon the'act-ive weight or some part of its primary controlwhich may at any time be equal to or proportional to the accel leratmgforces acting on the active welght because ofthe roll. Such a brakeeliminates the effectof the roll upon the active weight so that theprimary control would at any time only control the harmonic and frictionforce, regardless of the roll. If the primary control should break or beremoved this 3 brake would hold the active weight in any position alongits'guideway during any roll.

Thus there is secured maximum safety with a relatively small speed gear.The brake may be mounted on the vessel or =incorporated in part with theactive weight.

The means for actuating the controlling elementof the gear when theactive weight 'is at any point" along its path and traveling at any'spced,'to control the speed and direction of the active weight, may beoperated manually if desired, but preferably it is operatedautomatically by a secondary control. In the control of the activeweight I secure motions of the weight. which .are' a function of theroll of the vessel which is to be stabilized,' both as to phase, andamplitudef As, the roll of the vessel itself is ap- "proximately anangular simple harmonic motion, I give to the controlling element orspindle of the hydraulic gear a corresponding linear or angular simpleharmonic motion of var able amplitude, reversing when the ship starts toright itself. In order 7 that the vessels angular athwartship'motion maybe utilized for the actuation of the controllingv spindle. of thehydraulic gear, I provide a. Cardan mounted on the fore and aft axis andstabilized for this axis by means of one or more gyroscopic rotors. Themotion of the vessel against the Cardan thus gives the roll of thevessel 1n momentary angular velocity of roll as well as in amplitude andis used to actuate the secondarycontrol. I

In order that the activeweight mayv operate most efliciently, it shouldpass its midship position the instant the vessel passes through evenkeelposition after completing a roll to one side and when about to begina roll to the other side, andthereafter decrease its speed harmonically.Therefore I provide means for reversing the motion of the controlspindle at that instant and start it toward neutral 'position' When thevessel passes through its upright position the active weight should.reverse its motion, and

said means operates at thatin'stant to move the control'spindle throughits neutral position. As the Cardanpe'rforms an angular harmonic motionrelatively to the vessel and the control spindle of'the hydraulic gearis given a harmonic "motion to control the active-- weight, variousmeans may be provided for operating the spindle from the Cardan. Thesemay include a crank actuated by ser vo power, for instance a constantspeed reversible electric motor controlled by' the [Card-an motion bymeans of contacts.

This may give the true linear harmonic mo- [tion to the spindle,fas theprojection of a crank traveling. at constantv speed-performs such amotion. Inst'eachthe Cardan may be coupled directlytothe control spindleby suitable servo-power.

As another important feature -I' control the amplitude of theactiveweight in accordance with the amplitude of the vessels roll,

centering the weight when the roll is small.

In case crank control of the hydraulic gear spindle is used, Iprovidean-averagmgamplitude control of the spindle which operates tovary the crank radius in accordance with the amplitude offroll, oftheship. As

there is a maximum possible amplitude for the active weight, I utilizethismaximum amplitude for a predetermined?angle of roll of the vessel,as for instance 5, and utilize the maximum crank throw or radius of thecrank during any roll of the shipat or in excess of 5 As soon as the:amplitude of the roll fallsibelow the predetermined angular limit, fori1'1stance 5',:the crankthrow or radius is automatically decreased andthe crank starts .to center at a definite rate.

'VVhen the roll falls below a further limit,

for instance 3, this cente'ringmotion-may be accelerated: The maximumrate of centering is such that this motion extends over a full period ofroll.

In case the angular motion of the Cardan is used for the secondarycontrol, the mocally reduced to that of 3.

My invention involves various other features of importance which areincorporated in a preferred embodiment heromafter illust-rated. As thecharacter of the vessel,

position of installation thereon, and other factors vary, it will beevident that apparatus may be designed embodying my invention withoutincorporating all of the several features hereinbefore referred to.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a top planview of the activeweight, or athwartship movable body, and certain of the parts directlyassociated therewith,

Fig. 2 is a transverse'section substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,and showing a part ofthe primary control,

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of certain of the parts forming thesecondary control,

' Fig. 4: is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 4-4 ofFig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a vertical section substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 is a face view of the variable throw crank shown on a very muchsmaller scale in Fig. 2,

Fig. 7 is a section substantially on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6,

Fig. 8 is a vertical section through the control switches for theservo-motors, these parts being omitted from Figs. 3 and l,

Figs. 9 and '10 are sections substantially on the lines 9-9 and 1010,respectively of Fig. 8,

Fig.11 is a wiring diagram of the circuit for the mam crank operatingservo-motor and including the switches shown in 9, and V V Fig. 12 is awiring diagram for thecircuit for the motor which varies'the throw ofthe crank, and including the switches shown in Fig. 10.

in Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown a type o active weight which includes theprimary control as a partthereof. It is to be u derstood that theillustration of the parts in Figs. 1 and 2 is semi-diagrammatic inthatthe positions, relative sizes and details of construction are selectedin the interest clear illustration of the main and essential features.In practice each part would be designed in accordance with the work required of it, and the parts possibly rearranged in the interestofcompactness, etc.

The active weight is illustrated car 10 having pairs of supportingwheels 11 and fly wheel, I preferably provide means fo" As shown, it isof the position of the latter along the tra mounted 12 mounted on atrack 13 extending athwarlship. This track may be on any desired deck orbetween decks, although a somewhat increased effect is o taincd placingthe track on one of the upper decks as distinguished from a lower one.The extend the entire width of th v and in some instances may evenproject out beyond the sides of the latter. The track may be straight ormay be cur-rd In a vertical plane, the end portions being at higherelevations than the center portion. The dead weight of the car and theprimary control mounted thereon may be varied at i the use of auxiliaryweights l-i-l which n: y b'e increased or decreased in numbe t thedesired effect. These are prei'c ably n1 es of lead so as to give the pweight for the minimum size.

The source of power or power stoi g ment is in the form of a fly wheelin mounted on a shaft 16 extending transv rsely of the car so tnat thepane of rotation of the fly wheel remains constant during the bil't'l'and forth movement of the ca Althou n. the roll of the ship may be re lupon for maintaining the speed of rotation of the bringing the fly wheelup to speed, and maintaining it there. This preferably 11] the form ofan electric spinnin motor 11 which may be coupled to the 1 shaft of thelatter r .c in any desired manner.

in axial alignment with the fly wheel and directly on the shaft, butspeed reducing gearing is preferably employed between the spinning motorand the .ly wheel. Any suitable means may be cinpl" *d for deliveringcurrent to the. motor, irrespect As shown, a pair of brushes 1S engage ap1 of conductors 19 mounted parallel to 1 track 13. The motor 17 may beomitted or .it may be used only for controlling the peed solenoid brakegenerator.

of the rotor by means of with the motor acting as a The car is directlycoupled to the vessel by suitable gearing, whereby the car may bepositively moved to any desired position along the track ano at anydesired speed. The geari g between the car and the vessel is illustratedas a rack bar 20 secured to the vessel, parallel to the track, and apinion 21 on the car and gearin w h the rack bar so that any rotation ofthe pinion r sults'in a corresponding bodily movement f the car.Obviously the rack bar 20'might e replaced by a wii=v rope with its on lto the v at opposite s des, and

pinion 21 replaced by a drum arouno wl the the cable would make a fewturns. {liner age element 15 to the gear element 21 1 provide, as animportant feature of'my invention,'a variable speed gear capable oftransmit-ting power to the gear element in either direction from theoneway rotating v fly wvheel. This is preferably in the form of ahydraulic gear.

This includes a variable strokehvdrauhc )um 22 connected to the flywheel through a gear 23 and pinion 2i,

and a fixed stroke fluid motor 25 connected to the 131111011. 21. TheOil or other motive fluid 1s delivered irom the pump to the motor, andfrom the motor back tothe pump in a closed cycle by conduits 26 and 27.l

have not illustrated the details ofconstruction of the pump motor andconnections, as

suchmay be ot any desired and well known.

; t 76' now on the market such for instance as the l Vaterbury hydraulicgear, and l have r not illustrated the desirable appurtenances such assafety valves, etc., as they form no portion 'ot my present invention.The

. variable stroke hydraulic pump is of sucha type that the strokemay bevaried at will. 7 by the movement of a control member. This isillustratedas a reciprocatory spindle 28 which, when in neutralposition, permits the pump rotor to turn at any speed without thedevelopment of fluid pressure or the es tablishinent of any flow offluid to andt'rom the motor 25. The movement of the spindle to one sideof neutral causes the rotation'ot the motor element. in one directionand when mines the rate of acceleration or deceleration of the motorelement. It is understoodthat the fly wheel 15 and the rotor of thehydraulic pump rotate constantly at substantially uniform speed. Thus,by the proper movement ot-the control spindle of the gear, the car maybe moved at any desired speed and. in either direction. a

I provide means whereby this spindle may b e-conveniently-operatedirrespective of the speed or position of the can This secondary controlmay be mounted on the car, and

electri ally operated, or it may be mounted stationary on the vesselgWhen mechanical means,separate fromthe car, 1s used,

it has operating connections to the spin- .dle. This is illustrated abell cranklever-pivoted on the car with an arm 29 extending .inanapproximately horizontal (lIJOClLlOll, and connected to the'spmdle and ado iondin arm 30 havin 'itsiree end movable transversely of thedirection of movemerit oi the car. This free end enga z es with alguidebar 31 extend ng parallel to the track, and mounted for bodily movementtransversely of the direction oi movement or" the car. As the guide barl lsot a len th aadroximat-eh e ual to the len thof b I V b the track,it will be evident that a transverse bodily movement of the guide barwill operate thespindle and control the direction and speed transmissionratio of the hydraulic The fluid pressure in the hydraulic gear willvary with the torque, and I utilize an excess of pressure or torque foroperating a brake and resisting 'or retarding the free movement of thecar. The excessive pres sure may result either during arapid'accoloration. of the car when power is being transmitted from thefly wheel 15 to the gear 21, or it may result from atendency or the arto move a faster rate than that determined by the speed of-the flywheeland tne position of the control spindle 28. Such a brake is shownin its simplest form a brake drum. 32 onthe shaft of the gear 21, antagainst which .a brake "shoe 33 may operate. This brake shoe is carriedby a bell crank lever 34 and is normally held out of engagement with thebrakedrum by a spring A'plunger 36 mounted in a cylinder '37 isconnected tothe lever 3d, and

the cylinder is connected to'the fluid trans-. mission pipes 26 andi27by a pipe 38 and a shuttle valve 39.1 Thus an excess pressure eitherfrom thepump to the motor or from the motor to the pump will act toovercome the spring' and apply thebrake. The spring 35 is adjustable sothat the-brake is notapplied until. the pressure exteeos predeterminedminimum, This auxiliary brake is only anexample of braking by ex cessfluid pressure. 7 Other auxiliary braking may or may not be employed.

As an'additional safety measure I provide means for automatically andgradually moving the control spindle to neutral posit-ion as the carapproaehes'the limiting position determining manimunr amplitude. Adjacent to the opposite ends of the track there are provided a pairot'guide plates lying in the path 01"- movement of the depending end Y.30 ot' the spindle actuating bellcrank lever. These guide plates are sodesigned and positloned that while the car is along the intermediateportion of its track the spindle may be moved in either direction to anydesired extent irom neutral. As shown, the} uide plate lO'atone end oithe track has a curvec surface llin the "path of mov'ement of the bellcrank lever, so that as the car approache. the end ofthe track thelever-is gradually and automatically moved to neutral,althou gh theguide plate does not'prevent the. lever from moving the spindle pastneutral and startthe car in the opposite directioni fit guide plate 40on'gthe o'ppoite side the path of movement of the spindle actuatinglever, and with its operating face ll serving to bring the spindle backfrom the other side toneutral; Although the guideplate 40 the other endof theirack there is a similar is indicated in dottedlines at the leftof Fig. 1, it will be evident that in practice the two guide plates maybe spaced a long distance apart lengthwise, and be mounted only adjacentto opposite ends of the track.

period of the vessels roll, so that the car constituting the activeweight will perform a corresponding motion on the track, and

will thus exert a rolling or quenching effect.

upon the vessel. If it be desired to utilize the device for establishingor creating-a roll, as for instance in working the vessel off a sandbar, the bar 31 may be operated the same as in stabilizing or quenchinga roll, except in different phase in respect to the athwartship motionof the vessel.

As a means for operating the guide rod 31 by the action of one or moregyroscopically controlled servo-motors, the guide rod is supported by aplurality of arms 43 from a rock shaft 44, and the latter is oscillatedby means of a crank arm 45 mounted to swing back and forth throughapproximately a one-half revolution of a supporting crank shaft 46. Thecrank pin 47 is connected by a'link- 48 to a lever arm 49 on the rockshaft 44. The extent of movement of the link 48 and therefore of theguide rod 31 may be varied by varying the angular movement of the crank,and also by varying the crank radius. A simple construction whereby thecrank radius may be varied is shown in de tail in Figs. 6 and 7. Thecrank pin 47 is carried by a block 50 slidable lengthwise of the c 'ankarm 45, one limiting position being such that thecrank pin is in axialalignment with the crank shaft. The crank arm carries a screw shaft 51held against longitudinal movement in respect to the crank arm by a pairof collars 5253 and having threaded engagement with the crank pin block50. By the rotation of this screw shaft the crank pin maybe moved asdesired. For rotating the screw shaft, the hub 53 is'provided with abevel pinion 54 meshing with a bevel gear 55 rotatably mounted on a hub56 within which the crank shaft- 46 rotates. Rigidly secured to thebevel gear 55 is a spur gear 57 meshing with a pinion 58 on a shaft 59parallel to the crank shaft. The two shafts are mounted in suitablejournals in a plate 60.

It will be noted that by rotating the crank shaft 46 the crank pin iscaused to travel in a circular path, and that by rotating the shaft 59the radius of this curved path may be decreased to zero or increased tothe limit of the length of the crank arm 45.

For rotating the two shafts 46 and 59 I the two motors.

provide a pair of constant speed reversible electric motors. The mainmotor 62 is con nected to the shaft 46 by speed reduction gearing shownparticularly in Fig. 4. The motor has a pinion 63 meshing with a gear 64on a counter shaft 65, and this shaft has a pinion 6G meshing with agear 67 on the crank shaft 46. The other motor 68 which may be somewhatsmaller has its shaft provided with a pinion 69 meshing with a gear '70on the shaft 59.

The motor 62 is capable of operating in either direction and iscontrolled so that the crank shaft 46 is rotatable through only one-halfa revolution. Thus the crank pin 47 may swing through approximately 180and the link 48 has a harmonic mot-ion and transmits that motion to theh draulic ear J in controlling spindle 28, with the crank pin in outerlimiting position. The spindle is reversed upon a reversal of thedirection of movement of the motor 62. The motor 62 is controlled sothat its reversals of direction of rotation synchronize with the vesselsroll and the directionof rotation of the motor and the direction of rollof the vessel reverse at substantially the same time. Obviously if thecrank pin be in its inner limiting position. namely in alignment withthe crank shaft, the motor62 will not actuate the link 48 and the guiderod 31 will be held in central position, and the control spindle 48 inneutral position with the car locked against movement along the track.By varying the radius of the crank pin 47, the extent of movement of thehydraulic gear spindle 28 is varied, and the amplitude of movement ofthe car is controlled. The motor 68 is controlled in accordance 'ith theamplitude of roll of the vessel, so that for slight ship 7 roll theradius of movement of the crank pin 47 will be correspondingly small,and the car or active weight will have a comparativcly short amplitudeof movement.

Although the two motors may be manually controlled to give the desiredcharacter and range of'movement to the crank pin and through it to thehydraulic gear spindle and the active weight, I prefer automatically tocontrol the two motors. To accomplish this I preferably provide a Cardan75 stabilized by a gyroscopic rotor 7 6 for an axis located fore and aftof the vessel. Thus, any rolling of the vessel causes a relative tiltingof the Cardan about its journals 77. Secured to the Cardan or one of theprojecting journals of the latter, is a gear segment 78 meshing with apinion 79 on a shaft 80 mounted for rotation but otherwise fixed inrespect to the vessel. This shaft 80 as oscillated by the relativetilting of the Cardan '55 operates to control switches for I have notshown these switches in Fig. 3 as they would there appear .on acomparativelysmall scale,cbut have controlling the main or crank armoperating motor 62 the shaft 80 is provided with a pair base. The armsSland 82 are friction tight on the shaft, and when in neutral posltion,

of arms 81 and 82, each having a knife switch 83 at one end, and a knifeswitch Seat theopposite end, and'adapted to engage with pairs ofcontacts 85 and 86 mounted on the the contacts are broken, as shown inFig. 9. A comparatively slight relatlve tilting of the Cardan 75 inrespect to the vessel and a corre- .;sponding movement of the gearsegment 78 will cause such a rotation of the shaft 80 as will bringeither the contacts 83- 85 or the contacts 84t86 together, dependingupon the direction of, movement of the Cardan and gear. A Cardanmovement corresponding to a slight roll of the vessel in one directionwillclose the contacts at one end of the arms 8182, for mstance thecontacts 8385, as shown in Fig. 11, and these contacts areso connectedto asource of electric energy and to the motor 62 that the motor willrotate in .one direction. The wiring is such that if the Cardan and gearsegment move in the opposite direction and the contacts 84 86 areclosed, the current will flow to themotor 62 so as to cause the rotationottho latter in the opposite direction. As the shaft may turn through anumber of revolutions during a swing of the gea segfriction tight on theshaft 80, and if the circuitis closed, the gear egment may continuemoving and the shaft 80 continue rotating in the same direction withoutafl'ecting the condition of the contacts. The instant that the shipstarts to right itself after the angular movement in one direction hasstopped. and the Cardan starts in the 0pposite direction, and thereverse movement of the gear segment 78 will instantly ,cause suchmovement of the switch arms as to break the circuit on'one side andcloseiton. the other and start the reverse rotation of the motor 62.Thus, the reversal. of the motor takes place when the ship starts to,

right itself in its roll, and upon theresulting reversal of movement ofthe Cardan.

The. friction connections between the switch arms and the shaft 80should be such as to insure the movement of the switch arms with "theshaft into proper engagement with the-contacts 85 and 86, but should notbe so great as to offer very material. resistance to the movement of thegear segment 78 and Cardan 7 5. This friction maybe made adjustable byadjustable spring clamps 87.

As the contacts 83 and 85 or the contacts Stand 86 may remain inengagement for a should be centered. wide angle of roll or athwartship1110 131011,

period. greater that required for the a pair-of switches 88.89 which maybe of, the ordinary single-poletype .and normally 7 held closed bysuitable springs 90. These; two switches have operating arms 91-92presentingcam faces in the path of stops 93 -94 carried by the shaft 46.If the shaft 46 rotates in onedirection through more than approximatelyfromathe position shown in Fig. 3, the stop 93 will en- '65 motor toswing the crank, more than ap' gage the cam face of'the switch lever,91,

and open theswitch 88, thus stopping the motor. If it rotate throughapproximately more than 90. in the opposite direction.

from that shown in Fig. 3, the stop 9 1 will engage the cam face of theswitch arm 92 I and open the switch 89, thus stopping the motor.Thestops 93 and 94 are preferably in the form of pins carried by aplate'95 secured to the shaft 16 and the plate has provision for theattachment of the stop pins in different positions, so as to vary theaction of. theswitches 88 and 89 in respect to t lIB PO'SIt-IOD of thecrank; The switches 88' and 89 may be at any desired position in themotor circuit. They are conventionally ll- ,lustrated in 11,.as being inthe two I branches of one of the feed wires. ment 78, the switch arms81- -82 are only The shaft 80 which is. oscillated by the normalstationary position the crank pin When the vessel has a it is desiredthat the crank pinbe vkept at the maximum radius. The contacts for thispurpose include a pair of brush-carrying arms 9798, friction tight onthe shaft and having the brushes thereof enacting with'curved surfacespresenting, contacts 991'00 and 101. The contact 100 is centralized,while the contacts 99 and 101 are at the extremities of the path ofmovement of the brush holders. Stops 102 :may be mounted in the path ofthe brush'holtlers so as to limitthe angular movementiof the latter. Thefriction connection of the brush holders to the shaft SOperinitS thebrushes to remainon thecontaets 99 or 101 during a further rotation ofthe-shaft 80 in the same direction. The contacts 99 and 101 are-arrangedin pairsand are so connected in the circuit that when the brushes areengagement with either pair, the'motor will be energized and rotate inthe same direction. The intermediate contacts 100 also r the include apair, and these are connected reversely in the circuit so that when thebrushes are in engagement with these contacts the motor will rotate inthe opposite d'rection. The wiring may be substantially as illustratedin Fig. 12. With the brush holders in central position and on thecontacts 100, the motor 68 will ized so. as to bring the crank pin intoalignment with the crank. .For very low amplitude rolls the brushes willstay on the contacts 100, or at least will not ongage tle contacts 99and 101. Thus the crank i in stays centered, With the maximum roll, orat least when the roll exceeds a predetermined angular limit, thebrushes will be on t in contacts 99 or 101 most of the time and willonly momentarily engage the contact 100 in passing through. Thus themotor will be energized to keep the crank at its maximum throw. Duringintermediat conditions the brushes moving back an torth over thecontacts will average tl throw of the crank in accord -th tl amplitudeof roll of the vessci. Any su able means may be employed for varyi thefriction connections beti'ecn the she 80 and the brushes. I have shown aspring 103 and nut-for varying the tension thereof.

The circuit of the motor 68 which includes :he brushes 9'? andcontacts'99, 100, and 101. les limit switches for cutting out hen thecrank reaches its limiting 'lt'. This may include a non-rotatable out orswitch actuator 101 threaded on the shaft 59 'As the shaft rotates. theme .1- her 10 1 is moved back and forth dependi direction of rotation ofthe h their switch levers or arms the path of movement of the member 10-1 upon opposite sides and normally held closed position in any suitablemanner, for instance by springs. The pitch of the thread on the shaft 59is such in respect to the position of the switch arms tin t when thecrank pin reaches one limiting position the member 10 1 will open theswitch 105., and when the crank pin reaches itsopposite limitingposition the member 10 1- 'will open the switch 106. These switches maybe arranged in series in any part of the circuit of the motor 68. Theyare diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 12

as'being in one of the feed wires.

The guide plates s0 and 10 at times limit preventmovement of the spindleactuating lever 30, and as this may occur ata'timc when the motor isoperating to move the guide rod 31 in opposite to the acti of guideplates, I provide safety means in the form of resilient connections inthe link 18. One scctionl08 of thelink is provided with a pair of loosecollars 109--110 mounted thereon and normally pressed apart by a coilspring 111 into engagement with the stops 112 and 11 The other sectionof the link 11% has flanges engaging with the opposite outer surfaces ofthe two collars 109 and 110. The spring 111 is of such strength towithstand any normal load and cause the two sections 108 and 11stof thelink to nmve as unit. in case of excessive load either in the form ofpull or push on the section 114, this will be taken care of by acompression of the spring 111. Obviously this merely one form ofyielding connection which might be employed.

The main or basic idea of my invention is the imparting of simpleharmonic motion to a weight or mass capable of motion athwartship and bymeans of and controlled by the power of-a i'ly wheel or other high speedsource of power coupled at a variable rate to both the active weight andthe vessel structure for the purpose of controlling or influencing themotions of a vessel that is. for stabi ling rolling, and roll condi ion-Although many of the features incored in the preferred embodimenthereinl efore described are important the specific location ot the partsin most lllSTEllllKS is not of vital importance. For instance the(lurdan and switches operated thereby are lus rated incorporated in thecash which includes the motors and crank actuating and controllingmechanisms. Olu'iously this Garden and switches might be mounted remotef om the motors and motor actuated parts. and in fact all of theparts'constitutin the secondary control except the Garden and switchesmight be mounted directly (1n the car and form a part of the a-z-tiw weiht. In such a construction the crank motion might be imparted to thelever arm by a comparatively short link corre ponding to the link 18.

Having thus described my invention. what I c.-.aiin as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is he method of stabilizing 1 ship ii rollingmovement by means of an ac- -lgl which-includes in'iparting to the on ofmovement of the weight when the rip starts to right itself from extremeposiion in its roll, whereby the weight cm s midshi position maximumvelocity whet-i t e ship is on even keel.

2. The method of stabilizing a ship inst rolling movement by n eons of aactive weight, which includes imparting i. the weight a back and forthmovement in a athwartship direction in timed relationship tothe roll ofthe ship, and reversing the direction of movement of the weight when theship starts to right itself from extreme position in its'roll, wherebythe weight crosses midship position when the ship 18 on even keel.

.3. The method of stabilizing a ship against rolling movement by. meansof an .active weight, which. includes imparting to the weight a back andforth movement in an athwartship direction in timed relationship to theroll of the ship, reversing the direction of movement of the weightwhenthe ship starts to right itself from extreme position in its roll,whereby the weight crosses weight to give substantially uniformaccelerationfrom one extreme position to midshipposition, andsubstantially uniform deceleration from midship position to the oppositeextreme position.

5. A ship stabilizer including a track extending in an athwartshipdirection, an active Weight movable along said track and including meansfor imparting movement to the wei ht, and means separate from saidweight for reversing the direction of movement of the weight when theship is at the I 7 end of its angular movement in the roll.

6. 'Aship stabilizer including a trackextending in an athwartshipdirection, an active weight movable along said track and including meansfor imparting movement to the weight, and means separate from saidweight for controlling the velocity of the weight to give substantiallyuniform acceleration from one extreme position to midship position, andsubstantially uniformdeceleration from midship position to the oppositeextreme position, and means for reversing the direction of movement ofthe weight when the ship is at the end of its angular movement in theroll.

7. A ship stabilizer including a track extending in an athwartshipdirection, an active weight movable along said'track and including meansfor imparting movement to the weight, means separate from said weightfor controlling the velocity of the weight to give substantially uniformaccelei-ation from one extreme position to midship position, andsubstantially uniform deceleration from midship position to the oppositeextreme position, and means for varying the amplitude of movement of theweight inaccordance with the extent ofan- .gular movement of the ship inits roll.

8. A ship stabilizer including an active i'veight, a substantiallyconstant speed and one-way rotating prime mover, and variable speedtransmission means for imparting to the weight a back and forth movementin an athwartship direction.

' 9. A ship stabilizer includingan active weight, a one-way rotating flywheel rotor, and variable speed transmission means for imparting to theweight a back andforth movement in an athwartshipdirection.

10. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, a fly wheel rotor, andmeans for transmitting power from said rotor to said weight to impart tothe latter back and forth movement in an athwartship direction.

11. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, a fly wheel rotor, andmeans for transrmtt ng power from said rotor to said weight to impart tothe latter back and forth movement in an athwartsh ip direction, atvarying velocity and of variable amplitude.

12. A ship stabilizer, including'an active weight having a one-wayrotatingfly wheel rotor constituting a part thereof, and powertransmitting means between said rotor and the ship for imparting backand forth movement to theweight. V

13. A ship stabilizer including an active weight including a high speedone-way rotating rotor as a part thereof, and .a variable and reversiblespeed transmitter connecting said rotor and the vessel.

14;. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, a prime mover and avariable speed hydraulic gear driven by said rotor for impartingmovement to said weight.

, 15. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, a prime mover andavariablespeed hydraulic gear'driven by said rotor for imparting movementto said weight, said rotor and gear forming apart of the active weight.

'16. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, a prime mover,avariable speed gear movable with the weight and means along the path ofmovement of the weight for operatingthe gear to control the directionof' movement of the weight. a

17. A ship stabilizer including an active I weight, a prime mover, avariable speed gear movable with the weight and means along the path ofmovement of the weight for operating the gear to control the directionof movement and speed of the weight.

18. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, a one-way rotatingsource of power constituting a part of the weight, a reversing gear alsoforming part of the weight, and means in the path of movement of theweight for operating said reversing gear.

19. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, a one-way rotatingsource of power anda variable speed gear bothforming a. part of theweight.

20. A ship stabilizer having an active weight including as a partthereof a one-way rotating source of power and a variable speedreversing gear f r operativel i connecting l csource of power and thevessel the speec and direction of movethe weight.

:2 n stabilizer having an active ncluding as a part thereof source ofpower and a hydraulic l tron, a onewav rotating prime mover carried byid car; and variable speed power transmi n5; mechanism connecting saidprime mover to 'he ship for moving said car.

including a car movorth in an athwart-ship direction, one-way rotating piine mover carried by said car. and reversible power transmittingmechanism connectin said prime mover to the ship for moving said car. 7

I 25. A ship stabilizer including a car movable back and forth in anathwartship direction} a o 7 -wa v rotating source of power carriedthereby, 'ear connections between the car and the shin and a reversiblevariable speed h 'draulic power transmission between said source ofpower and said connections.

26. A ship stabilizer including a car movable baclr and forth in anathwartship direction. a source of power carried therebv gearconnections between the car and the ship, a revers ble variable speedhydraulic power transmi. ion between said source of power and saidconnections, and means in the path of movement f the car forcontrollingsaid transmission.

27. r ship stabilizer including an active weight movable back and forthin an athwartship c irection, a source of power forming}; a. portion ofsaid weight. gear connest-ions between said weight and the ship, andincluding a direction reversing element, and means in the path ofmovement of said weight for operating said element.

28. A ship stabilizer including active wei 'ht movable back and forth inan athwartship direction, and having a source of power as a partthereof, a variable speec reversible power transmission mechanism aone-way ing for positivelv co operated from said source of power, andconn ctions from said mechanism to the vessel for preventing bodil'movement of the weight when the power ansniission mechanism is neutral.

I 29. A ship stabilizer including an active weight movable bacl: andforth in an 1 l ip oirection, and having a source oower as a partthereof variable speed i le power transmitting mechanism d fr n saidsource of power, and cons from said mechanism to the vessel eventingbodily movement of the when the power trans l t-ring;- mechin neutraland posh vclv controllino; the speed of movement in accordancetransmission ratio of said mech- 'anism.

80. A shin stabilizer including an active 1 n weight movable baclr andrth in an athwartship direction, a one-way rotating prime mover. gearconnections between the weight and he vessel. and variable speed powertransn mechanism between said source of power ant said gear connections31. in ship stabilizer including an active weight n ovablc back andforth in an athwartship directionr'a one-way rotating prime mover, gearconnections between the weight and the vessel... ariab e. speed powertransmitting mechanism bet said source of power and said gearconnections. and neans for cr'introlling' said mechanism to impartto theweigl ha-rnuinic motion in i.

he period of the ssh 32. A ship r 1 1 i ing an active weight mova iilcback and forth in an athwartship dire "on gearing connections betweenthe weight and the vessel, a source of power. ariable spoon rev rsiblehydraulic power transmit connections between ..aid source of or and saidbearing the irec ion and speed of uiovement or said weiprz.

ship stabilizer, including an active weight movable back and forth anathwartship direct gearing conuecuons between the weight and the vessel,a source of power, variable speed reversible hydraulic powertransmitting connections between said source of pa 1' and s 'l bearingfor posi tively co rolling thec ction and speed of moveme t of saidweight, said prime mover and said connections forming a part of saidweight.

34. A ship stabilizer. including an active weight movable back forth inan athwar n (lU'G gearing connections between i and the vessel, a sourceof power, var. able speed reversible hydraulic power tra sinitt-inconnect-ions between said source of power and said bearing forpositively controlling the direction and speed of movement of said weir;it, said prime mover and said connections forming a part of said and acontrolling member for varying the speed and direction of rotation ofthe motor weigliuand means extending along the path of movement of theweight and movable to controlsaid connections. 1

A ship stabilizer including an active weight movable back and forth inan athwartship direction, a one-way rotating source of power, variablespeed reversible driving connections connecting said source of power,said weight, and the vessel for controlling the speed and direction ofmove ment of the weight. f

36 A'ship stabilizer including an active weight movable back and forthin an athwartship direction, a source ofpower, variable speed reversibledriving connections connecting said source of power, saidweight, and thevessel for controllingthe speed and direction of'movement of the weight,and a gyroscope for controlling said connections in accordance with theship roll.

37. A ship stablllzer including an active weight movable back and forthin an athwartship direction, a one-way rotating pr me mover, a variablespeed hydraulic gear including a pumppart, a motor part,

part, and means operated by the motor part for positively moving saidweight in accordance with the speed and direction of 'rotation'of saidmotor part.

38. A ship stablliz'er including an active weight movable back and forthin' an 'athwartship direction, a prime mover, a valuable speed hydraulicgear including a pump part, a motor part, and a controlling member forvarying the speed and direction 01 rotation of the motor part, and meansoperated by r the motor part for positively moving said weight inaccordance with the speed .and direction of rotation of said motorpart,- said prime mover and motor part forming a part of said weight.

39. A ship stabilizer including an active weight movable back and .forthin an athwartship direction, a prime mover, a variable speed hydraulicgear including a pump part, a motorpart, and a controlling member forvarying the speed and direction of rotation of the motor part, meansoperated by the motor part for positively moving said weight inaccordancewith the speed and direction of rotation of said motor part,and a member extending along the path of movement of said weight foroperating said controller, irrespective of the position of the weight.

40, A ship stabilizer including an active weight movable back and forthin an athw'artship direction, a prime mover, a variable speed hydraulicgear including a pump part, a motor part, and a controlling member forvarying the speed and direction of rotation of the motor part, meansoper ated by the motor part for positively moving said weight inaccordance with the speed and direction of rotation of said motor part,a member extending along the path of movement of said weight foroperating said controller, irrespective ofv the position of the weight,and a gyroscope for moving said member in accordance with the ship roll.

41. A ship stabilizer including ana'ctive weight Vmovable back and forthin an athwartship direction, a one-way rotating constant energy source,a powerful hydraulic Variablespeed gear for connecting said source andsaid weight, and a gyroscope for controlling the operation of said gear.

42. A ship stabilizer including an active weight movable back and forthin an athwartship direction,fand having means forming a part thereof forpositively moving said weight and controlling its speed and direction, aprimary controller on said weight, and means extending along the path ofmovement of the weight for operating the primary controller. r 7 I 43. Aship stabilizer including an active weight movable back and forth in anathwartship direction, a one-way rotating source of power, a variablespeed reversible gearing connection connecting the weight, vessel andprime mover, a primary con troller on said weight for saidgearconnection, and means extending along the path of movement of saidweight for operating said primary controller. 7 V

44. A ship stabilizer including an active weight movable back and Vforth in an athwartship direction, a source of power, a variable speedreversible gearing connection connecting the weight, vessel and primeing said controller to neutral position and stopping the weight.

45. A ship stabilizer including Weight movable back and forth in anathwartship direction, a source of power, a variable reversible gearingconnection between said weight, said source of power, and the vessel, aprimary controller on the ves sel for said gearing connection, meansextending along the path of movement of the weight for operating saidprimary controller, and aisecondary controller operating in accordancewith the ship roll for operating said last mentioned means.

46. A ship stabilizer including an. active weight movable back and forthin an athwartship direction, a source of power, connections between saidsource of power and said weight for positively controlling the speed-anddirection of movement of the weight, a primary controller and weight, a

member extending along the path'of move an active roll.

primary controller, and a gyroscope for operating said member.

47; A ship stabilizer including an active weight, a one-way rotatingsource of power, a variable speed reversible driving connection betweenthe weight, the source of power and the vessel for controlling theposition, speed and direction of movement of the weight, and a gyroscopefor controlling said driving connection.

48 A ship stabilizer including an active weight, a one-way rotatingsource of power,

a variable speed reversible driving connection between the weight, thesource of power and the vessel for controlling the position, speed anddirection of movement of the weight, and a gyroscope for controllingsaid driving connection to impart to the Weight harmonic motion in theperiod of the ship 49. A ship stabilizer including an active weight,movable back and forth in an athwartship direction, a member extendingalong the'path of movement of the weight, means controlled by saidmember for positively moving said weight at varying .speed and in eitherdirection, and a gyroscope for operating said member.

. 50. A ship stabilizer including an active weight movable back. andforth in an athwartship direction, a member extending along the path ofmovement of the weight, means controlled by said member for positivelymoving said weight at varying speed and in either direction, and anoscillatory crank arm of variable throw for operating said member.

'51. A ship stabilizer including an active weight movable back and forthin an athwartship direction, a member extending along the path ofmovement of-the Weight, means controlled by said member for positivelymoving said weight at varying speed and in either direction, anoscillatory crank arm of variable member, an electric motor foroperating said crank arm, asecond electric motor for varying the throwof the crank, and a gyroscope for controlling the operation of bothmotors.

52. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, power means forpositively moving said weight back and forth in an athwartship directionand at varying speed, and a controller including an oscillatory crank ofvariable throw and a gyroscope for controlling the degree of oscillationand the extent of throw of the crank.

53. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, power means forpositively moving said weight backand forth in an athwartship directionand at varying speed, and a controller including an oscillatory member,an electric motor for oscillating said member,-and a gyroscope forvarying the degree of oscillation.

throw for operating said 54. A ship stabilizer including an activeweight, power means for positively moving said weight back and forth inan athwartship. direction and at varying speed, and a controllerincluding an oscillatory member, a reversible prime mover foroscillating said member, and a gyroscope for controlling the' directionof rotation of said prime mover.

A ship stabilizer including an active weight, power means for positivelymoving said weight back and forth in' an athwart ship direction and atvarying speed, and a controller including a crank arm of variable throw,an electric motor, means operated by said motor for varying the throw ofsaid crank, and a gyroscope for controlling said motor.

56. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, power means forpositively moving said weight back and forth in an athwartship directionand at varying speed, and a controller including an oscillatory memberof variable throw, an electric motor for oscillating said member, asecond electric motor for varying the throw of said member, and meansfor stopping and starting said motors in accordance with the ship roll.

57. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, power means forpositively moving said weight back and forth in an at-hwartshipdirect-ionandat varying speed,'and a controller including an oscillatorymember, an electric motor for oscillating said member, and a gyroscopefor reversing the dire"- tion of rotation of said motor upon reversal ofthe direction of ship roll.

58. A ship stabilizer including an active weigl1t,power means forpositively moving said weight back and forth. in an athwartshipdirect-ion and at varying speed, and a controller including anoscillatory member and a gyroscope for reversing the direction ofoscillation upon reversal of direction of ship roll.

59. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, power means forpositively moving said weight back and forth in an athwartship directionand at varying speed, a controller including a servo-motor and agyroscope controlling the latter.

60. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, power means forpositively moving said weight back and forth an athwartship directionand at varying speed troller including a servo-motor, a controlling thelatter, and means anjacent to the ends of the path of movement of theweight for slowing down and posi vel stopping the weight independentlythe action of the servo-motor.

61. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, power means forpositively moving said weight back and forth in an athwaitship directionand at varying speed, and a controller including an oscillatory member,

an electric motor for oscillatingsaid member, a switch for controllingthe motor, and

a gyroscope for operating the switch. I

62. A ship stabilizer including an active weight, power means forvpositively moving V ently of the action of the gyroscope.

63. A- ship stabilizer including an active weight, powermeansforpositively moving said weight back and forth in an athwartshipdirection and at varying speed, and a controller including anoscillatory member, a servo-motor for operating the same, a gyroscopefor controlling the servo-motor, and independent means for stopping theservo-motor after predetermined operation independently of the action ofthegyroscope.

64. A shipstabilizer including an active weight movable back and forthinan athwartship direction, a source of power, and drivingconnectionsbetween said source of power and the vessel-for positively controllingthe movement of the weight, varying its speed and direction, and a brakeoperatin automatically to limit the applica- 21 tion of power to saidwelght.

65. A Sllll) stabilizer including an active weight movable back andforth in an athwartship direction, a source of power, gearingconnectlons between said source of power, weight, and the vessel,including a hydraulic power transmitter having a pump part and a motorpart, abrake'for the motor part, and means for automatically applyingsaid brake when the fluid pressure between the pump part and motor partexceeds a predetermined limit.

66. A ship stabilizer'including an active weight movable back and forthin an athwartship direction, a fly-wheel carried by and forming a partof the weight, gearing between the weight and the vessel, and hydraulicpower connectionsincluding a pump part driven by said fiy-wheel, a motorpart for driving said gearing, a controller for varying the relativespeed and direction of the motor part in'respectto the pump anoscillatory member extending lengthwise of the path ofmovement. of theweight for operating said member, a variable throw crank for operatingsaid member, an electric motor for oscillating said crank, an electricmotor for varying the throw of said crank, and a gyroscope forcontrolling the operation ofboth'of said motors.

67 'A device for exerting rolling torques on ships comprising a massmovable back and forth across the ship, a gyroscope and means controlledby the relative position of said gyroscope and of the mass in its pathof travel for governing theirate of movement of said mass." 7 I 68. Adevice for exerting rolling torques on a ship comprising a car movableback and forth-across the ship, means for accelerating andbraking thecar, a'control gyroscope, and a controller governed jointly by saidgyroscope and the position of the car in its path of travel forgoverning said accelerating and braking means.

69. A ship stabilizer having a 'member movable about a'fixed axis, asecond member carried by said'first mentioned member and movableradially thereof, an electric'motor for moving "the" first mentionedmember about'its axis, a separate reversible electric motor for movingsaid second l'nen'tioned member in and: out along the'first mentionedmember and a gyroscope for controlling the circuit of the firstmentioned motor;

.70." A ship stabilizer having a member movable about a fixed axis,-asecond member carried by said first mentioned member and movableradially thereof, an electric motor for moving the first mentionedmembcr'about its axis, a separate reversible electric motor for movingsaid second mentioned member in and out'along the first mentionedmember, and a gyroscope for controlling the circuit of the secondin-entionedmotor.

71. An apparatus for damping ship roll by movement of ,a weight to oneside or the other of the vertical, longitudina medial plane of the ship,said apparatus including a member movable about a fixed axis, a secondmember carried by said first men tioned member and movable raciallythereof, an electric motor for moving the first mentioned member aboutits axis, a separate reversible electric motor for moving said secondmentioned-member, in and out alongthe first mentioned member, andgyroscope means for controlling the circuits of said motors. l V. -V p72. An apparatus for damping-ship roll by movement of a weight to oneside or the other of the vertical, longitudinal, medial plane of theship, said apparatus including a member movable about a fixed axis, asecond member carried by said first mentioned member and movableradially thereof, an electric motor for moving the firstQmentionedmember about its axis, a separate reversible electric motor formmovingsaid second mentioned member in and out along the first mentionedmember, 'means controlled by the movement of theship in its roll forcontrolling said motors to keep the 'movement of the first mentionedmember riations from the center of movement of the first mentionedmember, in accordance with vain the amplitude of the ships roll.

3. A ship stabilizer including a track extending upon both sides of thevertical, longitudinal, medial plane of the ship, a movable along thetrack, a rack bar parallel to the track, a source of power carried ysaid car, gearing connecting said source of power and said rack bar forpositively propelling the car, and a controller mounted independently ofthe car for maintain U the movement of the car in phase with th roll ofthe ship and controlling the speed of said car whereby the rate ofmovement the weight away from medial plane continuously decreases as thedistance oi? the weight from said plane increases.

74. A shipstabilizer including a track ex tending upon both sides of theVertical, longitudinal, medial plane of the ship, a car movable alongthe track, a rack bar parallel to the track, a source of power carriedby said car, gearing connecting said source of power and said rack barfor posi tively propelling the car, means for controlling the car tomaintain its movements in phase with the roll of the ship, and a brakeoperating automatically for retarding the speed of the car when the carexerts a predetermined force tending to drive said source of power.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State 01" New Yorkthis 18th day of August, A. D. 1922.

CARL L. NORDEN.

